Waist-fastening.



No. 862,260. PATENTED AUG. 6, 1907.

H. M. LOVE.

WAIST FASTENING.

uruonron FILED AUG. 6. 190a.

INVENTOR d WlTNESSES:

Q@% j/ Z W C4 03 Que/x BY ATTORNEYS UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HENRY M. LOVE, OF UTIGA, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR TO CHARLES A. POWELL, OF WHITESBORO, NEW YORK.

WAIST-FASTENING.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 6, 1907.

Application filed August 6, 1906. serial N0. 329,279-

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, I'IENRY M. Love, a citizen of the United States, residing at Utica, in the county of Oneida and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Waist-Fastenings, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawing.

My invention relates to an improved waist fastening for a garment, and I declare that the following is a full, clear, concise and exact description thereof sufficient to enable one skilled in the art to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings in which like letters and numerals refer to like parts throughout.

The improvement is applicable particularly to garments that have over-folding plies to form the closure at the waist line, though it is also convenient for use in any garment wherein the waist portion is to be gathered about the body.

One object of my invention is to provide convenient means for making this adjustment and another is for maintaining it without requiring a new adjustment whenever the garment is put on.

Another object is to provide such means that the fullness of the garment can be disposed as desired, for instance in the front or the rear portion. At the same time the garment can be put on or off by the use of ordinary button fastenings, the means which I illustrate being so applied as not to interfere therewith.

The invention is illustrated as applied to a pant having the usual side closures, secured with buttons or the like and having overlapping flaps in the rear.

In the drawings Figiue 1 is a diagrammatic view of such a garment showing the relative position of the several parts, the fullness being at the rear. Fig. 2 is a like view showing the fullness at the front. Fig. 3 is a back view of the garment partly opened and Fig. 4 is a view of part of the same showing a supporting clip which is an alternative of certain particulars shown in Fig. 3. Fig. 5 is a side view of part of the garment showing the usual side fastening and particulars of the invention. Fig. 6 is a partial side view showing a clip which is an alternative construction and Fig. 7 is a detail View of such a clip.

A illustrates the front portion of the garment which is here integral extending from side to side and provided with buttons or other suitable fastenings a, to connect with the rear portion which here comprises parts B and C of suitable form and fullness for the rear covering.

To the part or flap B is attached waist-cord or strap b and to part or flap 0 is attached like cord 0, the cords extending around the waist to a point of meeting in a tie t. Normally this would compel the overlap of the rear flaps to take up all the fullness of the garment, permitting no looseness of the garment at the front or sides and necessitating an inconvenient doubling of the plies and fullness of the garment at the rear. These straps, also, would not support the ends or corners of the flaps on the waist line unless drawn tightly about the waist. In my improvement these straps are arranged so as to support those corners on the belt of the garment and so as to allow the disposing of the fullness of the garment as desired.

On the belt part of each flap B and C I place slits or eyelets d. Those on the flap B it will be seen are on a line slightly higher or nearer the upper edge of such belt part than are those on flap G. This may not be always necessary but will be convenient at times to insure the support of the other flap to the proper height, especially where there is a distance between the corner of the opposite flap and the eyelet through which the strap is passed. Likewise the slits or eyelets on flap 0 may be put higher than the medial line of the belt though it is not so illustrated in the drawings.

I do not specify any given number of these slits or eyelets nor any particular form or style.

In Fig. 4 Ishow at e a hook of common form which may be preferred for. supporting one flap 011 the other instead of using the slits in the supporting flap. The hook will be fastened on one flap, its crook engaging the upper edge of the other flap.

At a point in the belt of each flap and shown as near the side of the garment I provide a stop for each strap. It consists of means m to engage and hold the strap from slipping in either direction. It is obvious that when the strap has been engaged by the stop, the disposition of the fullness of the garment 'has been attained, for instance, when the straps from the stops to the flaps are of equal length with the belt between the stops the fullness will all be therein in the front part of the garment and when they are shorter the fullness, to an equal degree, will be thrown to the back, permitting thereby such arrangement as the wearer desires.

Instead of having the flaps overlap the edges may be brought only to meet and the fullness disposed around the waist, part in front and part in back. The stop may be given any suitable form and is represented in one instance as made by two adjacent slits, the strap being passed therethrough and around the intermedi ate part of the belt in such manner as to hold it in place. In Figs. 6 and 7 it is illustrated as a clip of suitable form having strands around or between which the strap or cord is passed.

The straps being secured in the stops the usual side fastenings may be employed without disturbing the adjustment thereof or affecting the arrangement or support of the garment. A plurality of stops may be used, on the front or on the rear portions of the belt,

whereby to make adjustment within narrower limits as indicated in Fig. 5 at (1.

Having described my invention, What I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is:

1. In a garment waist closure, means comprising strap members severally attached to opposite edges of the garment, the waist-band on each portion being apertured at a plurality of points in the rear of the body of the garment and the straps each being passed through one or more of said apertures, the waist-band being provided at about the hip portion with means for adjustably fixing the corresponding strap thereto, the said straps being continued to pass around the waist for fastening them together, substantially as described.

2 A garment having flap members providing an opening at the Waist, a waist-band about the garment provided for a distance from the corner of each flap with a series of strap engaging means whereby to adjust the length of the band on the waist, waist-straps and a strap-stop about the hip portion on each side whereby to adjust the fullness of the garment by securing the straps to the said strap-stop, substantially as described.

3. In a garment having flaps forming the waist-closure, means adjusting the overlap of said flaps, said means comprising straps one attached to each flap and each passed through one of a plurality of slits in the opposite flap, each of said straps extending therefrom to a point of at tachment with the other strap and each strap engaging at a point intermediate the said slit and the point of said attachment a strap-stop holding the strap in fixed adjustment thereto, substantially as described.

4. A garment having flaps forming the waist closure, means securing the flaps in adjustable overlapped position, the said means comprising a strap on each flap passing through a strap-support on the other flap, each of said straps extending to a point of connection with each other and each passing through a strap-stop adjustably fixing the length of the strap before and behind the said strapstop, substantially as shown.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

HENRY M. LOVE.

Witnesses:

H. C. BUCK, E. E. RISLEY. 

